English translation of the Nobel-winning The Long Journey (Danish: Den Lange Rejse), a series of six novels by Danish author Johannes V. Jensen, written between 1908 and 1922. The books deal with the authors theories on evolution, back-dropped against a description of humanity from pre-Ice Age up to the voyage of Christopher Columbus. The work is fictional, weaving in Jensen's stylistic mythic prose with his personal views on Darwinian evolutionary theory. It was originally published in 6 volumes. In the three-volume English edition, translated by Arthur G. Chater, books 1 & 2 fall under the title "Fire And Ice", books 3 & 4 are called "The Cimbrians", and 5 & 6 as "Christopher Columbus".

The novel was cited as a reason for Jensen receiving the Nobel Prize in literature in 1944.(Wikipedia)

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